H.

SCOTT NOBLE
16 Bellereve Drive Residence (843) 757-4792
Bluffton, SC 29909 Cell (865) 719-5781
snfd96a4@westpost.net
CEO,COO, EVP, VP, DIVISIONAL GENERAL MANAGER:
EXPERIENCED IN START UP OF COMPANIES AND TURNAROUNDS THROUGH STRATEGIC SALES ,
MARKETING AND FINANCIAL INITIATIVES: B2B &B2C, CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, DURABLE CO
NSUMER GOODS THRU INDEPENDENT CHANNAL ALSO DIRECT TO CONSUMER

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Twin Vee Boats
Fort Pierce, FL
2004 - 2010
Board of Directors / CEO
Initially consultant to private equity firm that owned the company and asked to
join board in 2005. Appointed to CEO position by Board of Directors June of 20
08 to try reversing the performance of the company, unfortunately had to take th
e company through receivership. The Federal Courts dismissed the Chapter 11 Case
1/21/2010 to the satisfaction of investors and creditors.
Savannah Yachts LLC
Rincon, GA
2004 - 2008

New company start-up, green field, capitalized and started company f

rom an idea with
two associates in the leisure product industry building forty to sixty foot ya
chts.
VP Sales and Marketing

Brunswick Corporation
Lake Forest, IL
1990 - 2004
Global leader ($3 billion + revenues) in the leisure products industry. Marine
goods include Sea Ray and Bayliner boats and Mercury and MerCruiser engines. It
also makes Brunswick bowling and billiards products, as well as fitness equipme
nt (Life Fitness, ParaBody, and Hammer Strength). Company also owns or franchis
es about 118 fun centers that feature billiards, restaurants, bowling, and "Cosm
ic (glow-in-the-dark) Bowling."
Senior VP for Sea Ray Boats and US Marine
U.S. Marine Group
Arlington, WA
2001 - 2004
. Bayliner, Maxum, Trophy and Meridian boat brands ($400 million revenues).
 TURNAROUND. Primarily responsible for turning around the business which was l
osing money (over $30 million), had lost its focus as well as the loyalty and ef
fectiveness of the 340 dealer network (of which 45 account for 75% of volume):
Redefined and refocused Bayliner to reflect its heritage as the value brand appe
aling to first-time, price conscious owners. This involved developing new marke
ting collateral, new marketing expenditures, educating the dealer network and es
tablishing off-shore manufacturing (in Mexico).
Repositioned Bayliner Yachts and renamed it Meridian Yachts; appointed new deale
rs.
Introduced a dealer metrics program to improve effectiveness and profitability
.
RESULTS After 10 quarters of losses, profitability was restored. Dealer confi
dence was resurrected and dealers were profitable.

Sea Ray Boat Group

Knoxville, TN
1997 - 2001
Sea Ray, Baja Performance, and Boston Whaler Boats ( $ 1.15 billion revenues)
Group Senior Vice President

Responsible for managing the intergradation and radical shift in channel and its
management. The merger of Sea Ray's largest independent dealers ( 25% of volume
) into a publicly held company MarineMax .

Results Successfully managed and integrated processes (general management and m

arketing) of MarineMax ($550 million sales) to ensure success of its IPO (NYSE-l
isted "HZO").

Boston Whaler
Edgewater, FL
Vice President and General Manager

TURNAROUND.
Developed strategic and operational plans; realigned the distribution channels.
Redefined product offering to make it more market-acceptable.
Results Grew the business from $40 million (in 1996) to $110 million (by 2000).

Baja Performance Boats

Bucyrus, OH
1995 - 1997
Vice President and General Manager
TURNAROUND AS DEBTOR IN POSSESSION.
Under Chapter 11 protection, oversaw acquisition of Baja Performance Boats.
As General Manager, took all necessary steps to totally restructure the business
($30 million sales losing $4 million).
RESULT: In 2 years, grew sales to $60 +million, profits from negative to 7% ope
rating profit, and repaid all creditors (100 cents on the dollar).

Sea Ray Boats

Knoxville, TN
1990 - 1995
Vice President Domestic Sales

Responsible for $270 million sales through about 90+ dealers:

Designed the wholesale sales process and transformed it to one having Regional S
ales Manager. Thus eliminated duplication of the efforts of 3 product groups (S
port Boats, Cruisers and Yachts) and nurtured stronger relationships between co
mpany and its channel.
As a consequence the relationships between dealers and regional management were
enhanced, resulting in higher inventory turns and greater profitability for deal
ers.
Results Increased sales by 80% with fewer people.

Vice President Dealer Development

1990 - 1992
Faced financial failure by independent dealers that amounted to more than 1/3 of
the company's revenue, initiated a revolutionary training program that started
as a financial management tool and evolved into the Gold Standard for dealer man
agement in the marine industry the Master Dealer Program.
Results even after the downturn of 2007- 2010 Sea Ray dealers only experienced a
failure rate of less than 3% compared to balance of the industry.

Browning Ferris Industries, Inc.

Houston, TX
1988 - 1990
NYSE-listed "BFI" (at that time) provided waste services throughout the world.
Vice President of Marketing Regional HQ
Atlanta, GA
Responsible for special projects, M & A and due diligence.

Dempster Systems, Inc.

Knoxville, TN
1983 - 1988
Manufacturer of material handling equipment (subsidiary at that time of Krug Int
ernational).
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Redeveloped channel and national accounts; helped turn Company around and made i
t marginally profitable in a mature industry with major consolidation of custome
r and deterioration of channel and customer base
EDUCATION
Ohio State University
M.B.A. degree
Ohio State University
B.S. Business Adm.

References furnished on request, background check for last position 2008